My depiction of Harley Quinn with her famous ‘Goodnight’ bat behind her back with a yellow background to make her pop.
Everyone knows Harley Quinn as the Jokers’ girl, but how did she become Harley Quinn? Personality Disorder, specifically, Histrionic Personality Disorder plays a key part in Harley Quinn’s life. People with Histrionic Personality Disorder are “pervasive and excessive emotionally and display attention-seeking behavior” (Bornstein 1998). Harley Quinn started out as Harleen Quinzel, a teenager with 3 brothers and someone who was interested in how a criminal’s mind works. Just like anyone, Harley had a first crush named Bernie Bash. They met at a party where Bernie continued to ask, “Hey, if you could kill one person in this room, who would it be?” (Tomasi et al 2014). Harley said she would kill Bonnie Harper, a girl who has tormented Harley throughout her life, Bernie also said Bonnie and when asked why, he told her “because she bothered you” (Tomasi et al 2014).
However, Harley and Bernie’s romance died quickly when Bernie killed Bonnie Harper and was arrested. That was the first time Harley cried. Bernie was later on killed in jail and Harley started her life as a psychiatrist at a Gotham Hospital. Harley did not feel like she was doing anything amazing at Gotham Hospital so she went to Arkham Asylum. Once she got to Arkham Asylum, Harley noticed the patients would only talk to one another so with a little sexual convincing towards the Warden she was able to join the patients where she met the infamous Joker or whom she likes to call her “Puddin”. The Joker saw right through Harley, knowing she is a Doctor at Arkham and Harley fell right in love saying, “this man had a power over me, as if he knew my whole life” (Tomasi et al 2014). Eventually Harley was exposed when someone killed the warden, but instead of leaving quietly, she broke the Joker and herself out. Harley did the ultimate sacrifice and jumped into a vat of acid so she can look like the Joker.
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